this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello from venice beach, in california, home over the years to skateboarders, street performers, musicians, body builders and movie stars. i m tom brook and welcome to our award season lookahead. in today s programme, we look at the emerging oscars race in the run up to the 96th annual academy awards. is it going to be the year that oppenheimer takes home the lion s share of trophies? past lives the dark horse candidate in the oscars race. we sit down with its first time feature film director. music comes from life experiences. two documentaries in the running for an oscar nomination, including one that s performed live before an audience. and how waiting to find out if your name is included in the oscar nominations announcement is almost too much to bear. i mightjust turn off my phone. next week, not far from where i m standing at the academy of motion pictu
now on bbc news. talking movies: awards season lookahead. hello from venice beach in california home over the years to skateboarders, street performers, musicians, body builders and movie stars. i m tom brook and welcome to our award season lookahead. in today s programme, we look at the emerging 0scars race in the run up to the 96th annual academy awards. is it going to be the year that 0ppenheimer takes home the lion s share of trophies? past lives the dark horse candidate in the oscars race. we sit down with its first time feature film director. music comes from life experiences. two documentaries in the running for an oscar nomination, including one that s performed live before an audience. and how waiting to find out if your name is included in the oscar nominations announcement is almost too much to bear. i mightjust turn off my phone. next week, not far from where i m standing at the academy of motion picture arts and sciences headquarters in beverly hills, an earl
past lives the dark horse candidate in the oscars race. we sit down with its first time feature film director. music comes from life experiences. two documentaries in the running for an oscar nomination, including one that s performed live before an audience. and how waiting to find out if your name is included in the oscar nominations announcement is almost too much to bear. i mightjust turn off my phone. next week, not far from where i m standing at the academy of motion picture arts and sciences headquarters in beverly hills, an early morning announcement will be made that will reverberate around the world, at least in film circles. the oscar nominations will be revealed. what names will make it onto that coveted list? what films will be recognised? well, we ve been trying to work it out. several films are expected to get multiple nominations. among them, christopher nolan s oppenheimer. # watch me dance.# the highest grossing film of last year, barbie from film maker gr
watters, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. an explosive gop debate before voters in iowa make their voices heard in the republican primary race. this time four of the top candidates taking the stage and trying to seize the momentum. the contenders brawling from the opening bell and clashing on the key issues that voters care about. the biggest target of the night, remember forker south carolina governor nikki haley. you have other candidates up here, like nikki haley, she caves anytime the left comes after her, anytime the media comes after her. these wall street liberal donors make money in china. they are not going to let her be tough on china. she will cave to the donor. the only person more fascist than the biden regime right now is nikki haley who thinks the government should identify every one of those individuals with an id. nikki is corrupt. this woman will send your kids to cue so she can buy a bigger house. the donors
now on bbc news, it s time for today s episode of newscast, recorded earlier for bbc radio 4. newscast from the bbc. so today we re going to look back at the manifestos that were published this week. what was your name for it, laura, in the end? many festos week. some people called it the manifestival. we re also going to just reflect on what s happening with the polls because there was a kind of quite symbolic moment in one poll that people were talking about earlier this week. and also, i just thought we re halfway through the election now, this is precisely the halfway point, what s everyone s kind of vibe at the moment? laura? my vibe? yes. goodness me. i m not sure i ve ever been asked that before. i think there s something topsy turvy about this whole election, because normally when you have a governing party putting forward a manifesto, they re the ones saying, carry on as we are, in a sense, they re sort of going for the status quo, which the conservatives are sayin